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Chris Roots
7:10 PM
After the group 1 successes of Contributer and Hartnell in recent weeks, Godolphin will look to Hauraki to become its first Australian bred top level winner in the Australian Derby at Randwick on Saturday.

Adam Pengilly7:15 PM
Straight-track specialist Chautauqua has not raced north of the border for almost a year, but the grey's return to Sydney hasn't fazed the Hawkes Racing partnership ahead of the TJ Smith Stakes.

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Adam Pengilly10:51 AM
Chris Waller and Gerry Harvey have booked the world's most in-demand jockey, Joao Moreira, to partner Royal Descent in the $3 million Doncaster Mile when one of Australia's best race mares runs to potentially earn one lucky competition winner up to $150,000 on Saturday.

David Polkinghorne
Canberra trainer Steven O'Brien says the ACT's representation at the $300,00 NSW Country Championships at Randwick on Saturday shows how strong racing is in the region and justifies the $50,000 Canberra Racing paid to be included.

Adam Pengilly
Greyhound Racing NSW stewards are considering whether charges should be laid against Zeke Kadir, the man whose outer Sydney property is at the centre of the live baiting scandal in NSW, after his brief hearing on Monday kicked off a week-long list of inquiries.

Chris Roots
Blue Diamond winner Pride Of Dubai has his future beyond the track secure after Coolmore Staud and the China Horse Club took a significant share in him ahead the Sires Produce Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Andrew Garvey
Tasmanian gelding Banca Mo had not visited the winner’s stall since his victory in the 2013 Warrnambool Cup but he showed great reserves of courage to fight back after being headed, to take out the $350,000 listed Mornington Cup (2400m) and guarantee himself a run in his year’s Caulfield Cup.

Adam Pengilly
Racetrack whispers are the stuff of legend. How else do you explain Blake Shinn's family knowing he had lost one of the most prized seats in Australian racing the day before the man himself actually found out?

Adam Pengilly
The first inclination is to call Catkins a bridesmaid. She dons pink after all, is affectionately referred to as "plain Jane' by her trainer and is always a whisker away from being front and centre at the big dance.

Patrick Bartley
Former English mare Noble Protector took another significant step in her quest for group 1 status after she easily accounted for her rivals in the $200,000 Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Patrick Bartley
One of Australia’s most successful jockeys, Glen Boss, took much of the credit for the victory of underrated sprinter Lucky Hussler in Friday night’s William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley.

Patrick Bartley
In the late 1960s one of Australia's most astute track watchers Des Spain would assemble with six fellow fanatical racing enthusiasts each Saturday prior to the first race at a metropolitan meeting.

Adam Pengilly
John Sargent has been scratching his head all week trying to figure out the inflated Vinery Stud Stakes odds offered about Thunder Lady, who he has likened to Victoria Derby winner Preferment in their respective autumn preparations.

Adam Pengilly
Look up the definition of "international jockey" and there is likely to be Craig Williams' freckled smiling face staring right back at you. Never has the term "globetrotting" been so frequently connected to one's name it seems.